Effect of comprehensive intervention on emotion and coping style in adolescents with internet addiction disorder

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of comprehensive intervention on emotion and coping style in adolescents with internet addiction disorder （ IAD ） .Methods Fifty-nine IAD adolescents received the diverse treatment including the medicine , psychology and nursing for three months .The positive and negative affect scale （ PANAS ） and simple coping style questionnaire （ SCSQ ） were used to assess the emotion and coping style in patients on admission and 3 months after the treatment .Results The score of positive emotion in patients was （37.31 ±4.24） three months after the treatment, and was significantly higher than （27.33 ± 4.09） on admission; the score of negative emotion in patients was （19.10 ±3.96） three months after the treatment, and was significantly lower than （26.08 ±5.39） on admission;and the differences were statistically significant （t=-16.556, 9.899, respectively;P〈0.01）.The score of positive coping style in patients was （28.02 ±4.50） three months after the treatment, and was significantly higher than （18.86 ±4.06） on admission;the score of negative coping style in patients was （6.79 ±2.46） three months after the treatment , and was significantly lower than （9.79 ±3.42） on admission; and the differences were statistically significant （t=-16.621, 7.609, respectively;P 〈0.01）.Conclusions Comprehensive intervention has a certain intervention effect on the negative emotion and negative coping style in IAD adolescents , and can help patients give up internet addiction and restore social function . Key words: Comprehensive intervention Internet addiction Negative emotion Negative coping style Adolescent